Red tiger moto pair in a 75gal?
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They will be fine in there by themselves. Males can get to about 12in. RTM's are one of the smaller guapotes.
They will be fine with a divider. Do not keep them in there without one our you will end up with one RTM.
I will keep the divider in mind. I have not bread any kind of parachromis yet but I have these little RTMs and a 5" male and 3" female f1 yellow head freddie from jeff rapps that I have in a 125 gal. Think I would need a divider for the fredies in a 6' tank alone...they get a little bigger than the RTMs right.
NOLAGT;4634496; said:
They get very similiar sized. The RTM's are more aggressive though generally.
i have a ten inch male rtm and a 8 inch female loisillei that have paired up in a 75 gal and they had to be divided cuz of the male rtms aggression... a male rtm is one bad ass fish with a good set of teeth and can get as big as 12 to 14 inchs but they get very thick bodyed ... if you can get a bonded pair they will breed like convicts...
Yea I would keep a divider near by. In my short fish keeping my big male rtm is the most aggressive fish I have ever seen. There is no playing nice whatsoever, he just goes straight for the kill, and he is very good at it.
He was fine until about 4 inches then he snapped and cant be kept with anything even close to his size. He is in with some big brutes that are 2 to 3x bigger and I swear he is just watching the other fish waiting for an opening to kill.
He was fine until about 4 inches then he snapped and cant be kept with anything even close to his size. He is in with some big brutes that are 2 to 3x bigger and I swear he is just watching the other fish waiting for an opening to kill.
HA....might stick them in a 125 is they are too rowdy on each other...maybe with some dithers. I dont mind using dividers but would rather have a tank big enough to not need it. So far my Festae do good in a 125...he chasers her a fair amount to breed but so far she takes it well.